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wikileaks. >> and themessagedonjr. received,even wikileaks thought hillary clinton would win. >>> also breaking, a new accuser. breaking into tears today, describing what she says senate candidate roy moore did to her when she was 16. and tonight, even before this newest accuser, the top republican in the senate said, "i believe the women." >>> new charges in the alleged hazing death at penn state. authorities say surveillance was destroyed. the fbi has now recovered it, and what it shows. >>> new images coming in tonight. the deadly earthquake. more than 400 killed. >>> the scare at the airport here at home. the smoke coming from a bag, even before the passenger boards the plane. >>> and the major new health alert tonight involving hypertension.en need to know. >>> good evening and it's great to start another week with you. and we begin tonight with donald trump jr., and his secret correspondence, his messages for months with wikileaks before the election. "the atlantic" breaking the story tonight, abc news confirming. the communications began during the campaign and continu

wikileaks. >> and the message don jr. received, even wikileaks thought hillary clinton would win. >>> also breaking, a new accuser. breaking into tears today, describing what she says senate candidate roy moore did to her when she was 16. and tonight, even before this newest accuser, the top republican in the senate said, "i believe the women." >>> new charges in the alleged hazing death at penn state. authorities say surveillance was destroyed. the fbi has...

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is a bombshell. tell us what your reporting has revealedregardingdonjr. andwikileaks and their interaction. >> what we found were screen shots that were turned over to one of the congressional investigative committees looking for ties between the trump campaign and the russian government. it showed a correspondence between wikileaks and the verified don trump jr., account. it was during the peak of the 2016 election to as late as last summer. not only did donald trump, jr., reply, he followed up on their requests, and after presenting him with a hacked password to an anti-trump account and tweeting out a link, a very strange search function link to his followers to say basically, look, wikileaks has all of these documents, which were, by the way, stolen documents, and if anybody has time to go through them, here's the link, which is wikileaks asked him to do days buyer. >> october 12th, wikileaks asked don jr. to tweet out the link you describe, okay, and don jr. does not respond directly to them, however about 15 minutes later -- >> no -- yes, yes, you are right. >> 15 minutes

is a bombshell. tell us what your reporting has revealed regarding don jr. and wikileaks and their interaction. >> what we found were screen shots that were turned over to one of the congressional investigative committees looking for ties between the trump campaign and the russian government. it showed a correspondence between wikileaks and the verified don trump jr., account. it was during the peak of the 2016 election to as late as last summer. not only did donald trump, jr., reply, he...

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well after his father was in the white house.tonight,donjr.'s messages,what they reveal about wikileaks and tonight, donald trump jr.'s response. we begin here with abc's mary bruce. >> reporter: tonight, the shocking messages between donald trump jr. and wikileaks. starting at the height of the campaign, donald trump's son and wikileaks were secretly corresponding. the exchanges with wikileaks went on for ten months, starting in september of 2017, just two months before the election. the president's son communicating with wikileaks, a group the intelligence community believes was used by russia to spread information about hillary clinton and influence the election. even president trump's on cia director has said this. >> it's time to call out wikileaks for what it really is. a nonstate, hostile intelligence service afternoon abetted by state actors like russia. >> reporter: wikileaks had already leaked documents from the dnc. all the while, his father proclaiming this. >> wikileaks, i love wikileaks. >> reporter: two days after that rally, according to the atlantic, wikileaks

well after his father was in the white house. tonight, don jr.'s messages, what they reveal about wikileaks and tonight, donald trump jr.'s response. we begin here with abc's mary bruce. >> reporter: tonight, the shocking messages between donald trump jr. and wikileaks. starting at the height of the campaign, donald trump's son and wikileaks were secretly corresponding. the exchanges with wikileaks went on for ten months, starting in september of 2017, just two months before the...

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trump's son and wikileaks were secretlycorresponding.donjr. releasedthe messages on twitter. as first reported on the "atlantic", the exchanges went on for at least ten months, starting in 2016 two months before the election. the president son communicate being with wikileaks, something believed to have been used by russia to influence the election. even president trump's own cia director has said this. wikileaks for what it really is. a non-state hostile intelligence service, often abetted by state actors like russia. >> reporter: wikileaks already started exposing records from the dnc while his father proclaimed this. >> wikileaks, i love this. >> reporter: wikileaks wrote, hey, donald, great to see you and your dad talking about our publications. asking that they strongly suggest they use this link. donald trump himself tweeted very little pickup by the dishonest media of incredible information provided by wikileaks. so dishonest. rigged system. and two days later, his son tweeted out that link that wikileaks had sent. sources close to don jr. believe that after wikileaks fir

trump's son and wikileaks were secretly corresponding. don jr. released the messages on twitter. as first reported on the "atlantic", the exchanges went on for at least ten months, starting in 2016 two months before the election. the president son communicate being with wikileaks, something believed to have been used by russia to influence the election. even president trump's own cia director has said this. wikileaks for what it really is. a non-state hostile intelligence service,...

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-mail chain, he understand up sitting nexttodonjr. ata dinner at an nra conference later that year? >> according to him. now, don jr. has said he remembers it differently, that the russian was at a different table, but don jr. acknowledges he spoke to a russian that evening. so yes, and congressional investigators, chris, know very little about how that meeting was actually set up. so i think that is an active part of the investigation. another really important thing here, chris, is that jared kushner told both congressional committees that he did not recall any contacts between the campaign and wikileaks. and we learned this week that, in fact, kushner was forwarded an e-mail from don jr. about don jr.'s twitter conducts with wikileaks. and jared kushner forwarded that e-mail on to hope hicks. so he's under pressure to come back to congress and explain that discrepancy. >> ken dilanian. thank you for being with me tonight. we learned donald jr. exchanged with wikileaks and e-mailed campaign officials including jared kushner about those e-mails. there's an e-mail saying i've been t

-mail chain, he understand up sitting next to don jr. at a dinner at an nra conference later that year? >> according to him. now, don jr. has said he remembers it differently, that the russian was at a different table, but don jr. acknowledges he spoke to a russian that evening. so yes, and congressional investigators, chris, know very little about how that meeting was actually set up. so i think that is an active part of the investigation. another really important thing here, chris, is...

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, he ends up sitting nexttodonjr. ata dinner at an nra conference later that year? >> according to him. now don jr. said he remembers it differently. that maybe the russian was at a different table, but don jr. acknowledges he spoke to a russian that evening. so, yes -- and congressional investigators, chris, know very little about how that meeting was set up. i think that's an active part of the investigation. another really important thing here, chris, is that jared kushner told both congressional consults that he did not recall any contacts between the campaign and wikileaks. and we learned this week that in fact kushner was forwarded an e-mail from don jr. about don jr.'s twitter contacts with wikileaks and jared kushner forwarded that e-mail on to hope hicks. he is under pressure to come back to congress and explain that discrepancy, chris. >> all right. ken dilanian, thanks for being with me tonight. on that wikileaks story, this week we learned that donald trump jr. had exchanged message with wikileaks and e-mailed senior campaign officials, including jared kushner, about

, he ends up sitting next to don jr. at a dinner at an nra conference later that year? >> according to him. now don jr. said he remembers it differently. that maybe the russian was at a different table, but don jr. acknowledges he spoke to a russian that evening. so, yes -- and congressional investigators, chris, know very little about how that meeting was set up. i think that's an active part of the investigation. another really important thing here, chris, is that jared kushner told...

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donjr. andhe was replying to wikileaks. there is evidence after evidence after evidence that both sides were open up to some sort of collaboration. >> what do you think about that, malcolm? it's very obvious that russian cutouts, intermediaries where trying to engage the trump campaign. with the facts we know, it's possible that the conspiracy in nick's terms, goes just as far as what we know but that is enough to essentially send the signals back and forth between the two parties of what each side is doing? >> yes, i think that we already have all of the information that we need from these circumstantial bits of evidence. what you're looking for now is what we call the bridge. you want to actually see the orders or the minutes of the meeting or the e-mail that actually says, please do this for us. >> right. >> but, you know, in the mueller investigation, he has that information. there is just no way he doesn't have it. and the very fact that he's going around very circumspect by going through money laundering first, that's how he squeezes these witnesses and works his way up to c

don jr. and he was replying to wikileaks. there is evidence after evidence after evidence that both sides were open up to some sort of collaboration. >> what do you think about that, malcolm? it's very obvious that russian cutouts, intermediaries where trying to engage the trump campaign. with the facts we know, it's possible that the conspiracy in nick's terms, goes just as far as what we know but that is enough to essentially send the signals back and forth between the two parties of...

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the breaks news in the atlantic yesterday in our hour. we knowthatdonjr. talkedto ---did the russian gover wike the hacked dnc and podesta emails, if the answer is yes and the u.s. intelligence community says it is, then trump jr.'s correspondence is set to be one step away from russia. >> it's time to call out wikileaks for what it really is, a nonstate intelligence service often embedded by state opera operatives like russia. >> let me start with you, i want to put this in front of you and get your thoughts, donald trump had been receiving classified briefings, that i guess once you're the nominee of your party, start getting a sort of paired down version of the pdb, they started two months before donald trump jr. first responded to wikileaks in a direct message on twitter. it's certainly possible that donald trump wasn't briefed on, what mike pompeo just said there, that wikileaks was essentially functioning has a hostile intelligence agent. but i wonld der if there's sort an added layer of potential conspiracy that the president's son was in communications and in cahoots

the breaks news in the atlantic yesterday in our hour. we know that don jr. talked to ---did the russian gover wike the hacked dnc and podesta emails, if the answer is yes and the u.s. intelligence community says it is, then trump jr.'s correspondence is set to be one step away from russia. >> it's time to call out wikileaks for what it really is, a nonstate intelligence service often embedded by state opera operatives like russia. >> let me start with you, i want to put this in...

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know wikileaks was talkingthedonjr. weknow both sides were open to some kind of collaboration. >> it's clear that russian agents were attempting to penetrate the trump campaign, perhaps gauge how game they would be. do you think with the facts we know that it's possible that the conspiracy, in nick's terms, goes just as far as what we know, but that's enough to send the signals back and forth to the two parties of what each side is doing? >> yes, i think we already have all the information we need from these circumstantial bit offense evidence. you're looking for now is what we call the bridge. you want to see the orders, the minutes from the meeting that says, please do this for us, but in the mueller investigation, he has that information. there is just no way he doesn't have it. and the very fact that he's going around through money laundering first, that's how they squeezes these witnesses and works his way. to conspiracy against the united states. for the most part, we are just going to have to be satisfied with the fact that the data we are getting is from the news media

know wikileaks was talking the don jr. we know both sides were open to some kind of collaboration. >> it's clear that russian agents were attempting to penetrate the trump campaign, perhaps gauge how game they would be. do you think with the facts we know that it's possible that the conspiracy, in nick's terms, goes just as far as what we know, but that's enough to send the signals back and forth to the two parties of what each side is doing? >> yes, i think we already have all the...

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some of those women accusers. we should point out a tweetthatdonjr. himselftweeted out about these women being divorced, having filed for bankruptcy. don jr. forgetting the fact that his father does have children by three women and filed for bankruptcy multiple times himself and then went on to be the president of the united states. eugene, what steve is talking about is amoral behavior. so what's stunning to me is that roy moore himself as a candidate is framing this as a religious issue. i want you to take a listen to what he said last night. >> this is not just a battle for democrats and republicans and how they vote on issues, this is a spiritual battle. wherever you go, if you take a stand, you're going to come under persecution. that's your reward. blessed are you when men shall revial you and persecute you and say all manner of evil against you. rejoice and be exceeding glad for great is your reward in heaven. >> now, you wrote about the relationship between roy moore and conservative christians. what i don't understand as the daughter of two practicing roman catholics

some of those women accusers. we should point out a tweet that don jr. himself tweeted out about these women being divorced, having filed for bankruptcy. don jr. forgetting the fact that his father does have children by three women and filed for bankruptcy multiple times himself and then went on to be the president of the united states. eugene, what steve is talking about is amoral behavior. so what's stunning to me is that roy moore himself as a candidate is framing this as a religious issue....

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hostile non-intelligence service. in a vessel for russian intelligence. and here youhavedonjr. incommunication with wikileaks during the campaign, essentially a russian agent. and there's a lot of attention being paid in particular to his messages on october 12th and 14th where wikileaks says, hey, donald, great to see you and your dad talking about the public cases. strongly suggest your dad tweets this link if he mentioned us. and it was a link to the hacked e-mails from john podesta, the democrat. and on a very short time later, trump tweets very credible information provided by wikileakss. so dishonest. rigged system. then two weeks later, don jr. tweets the same, for those who have time to read all about the corruption and hypocrisy, here it is. that looks a lot like collusion, kristen. >> and this obviously got a lot of pick-up during the campaign and after. the president talked about wikileaks some 145 times according to nbc news' count in the kind of final weeks until election day. and then his campaign advisers were pressed on whether there was coordination after the cam

hostile non-intelligence service. in a vessel for russian intelligence. and here you have don jr. in communication with wikileaks during the campaign, essentially a russian agent. and there's a lot of attention being paid in particular to his messages on october 12th and 14th where wikileaks says, hey, donald, great to see you and your dad talking about the public cases. strongly suggest your dad tweets this link if he mentioned us. and it was a link to the hacked e-mails from john podesta,...

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followingdaydonjr. reachedout to ask about it. trump did not get a answer back but four days later the intelligence community announced it believes russia was behind the dn khfplt hacks. shortly after wikileaks began to release hacked e-mails from john podesta. these infamous remarks from then, candidate, trump. >> wikileaks. i love wikileaks! >> then october 12th wikileaks was back in trump jr.'s dms, strongly suggesting your dad tweets this link if he mentions us. and then two days later trump junior tweeted that link that wikileaks asked him to post. that same day mike pence denied the campaign was coordinating with wikileaks. >> nothing could be further from the truth. >> pence was not aware of the communications with wikileaks and first learned the news from the media on tuesday. and then there was a request, an unusual idea asking trump jr. to leak them his father's tax returns. and trump jr. did not respond to anymore. something the russian government was also planning on doing according to a report from the intelligence community. trump's own cia director said this ab

following day don jr. reached out to ask about it. trump did not get a answer back but four days later the intelligence community announced it believes russia was behind the dn khfplt hacks. shortly after wikileaks began to release hacked e-mails from john podesta. these infamous remarks from then, candidate, trump. >> wikileaks. i love wikileaks! >> then october 12th wikileaks was back in trump jr.'s dms, strongly suggesting your dad tweets this link if he mentions us. and then...

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to see you and your dad talking about our pub hioccasion.donjr.'s lawyerdown played the significance. while the house pursues its investigation. the senate is also probing russia's involvement. special council robert muller is also leading an investigation. the senate judiciary committee notified a lawyer for president trump's son-in-law and jared kushner that he withheld information about wikileaks. ike, a soviet born businessman spent several hours in special council muller's office thursday. he attended a 2016 meeting with kushner and don jr. where they expected to discuss dirt on hillary clinton. cbs news, capitol hill. >>> the lawyer for don jr. says they have no concerns about the documents. >>> the man hunt for a cop killer. now in its third day. police haven't ruled out that the detective may have been shot with his own gun. investigators say the detective's gun was found at the scene and that it had been fired more than once. the detective was born and raised here in dc. he was investigating a homicide in west baltimore on wednesday. when he approached a man tha

to see you and your dad talking about our pub hi occasion. don jr.'s lawyer down played the significance. while the house pursues its investigation. the senate is also probing russia's involvement. special council robert muller is also leading an investigation. the senate judiciary committee notified a lawyer for president trump's son-in-law and jared kushner that he withheld information about wikileaks. ike, a soviet born businessman spent several hours in special council muller's office...

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. it comes from a slightly random outlet. it's unclear whether she ever said that andthendonjr., alreadydid that earlier today. it's amazing what she can get away with. and then there is this one. strongly suggest your dad tweets this link if he mentioned us, pointing trump jr. to wikileak.tk said it would help trump followers dig through the trove of stolen messages. trump jr. did not respond. 15 minutes after it was sent, donald trump himself tweeted very little pickup by the dishonest media of incredible information provided by wikileaks. so dishonest. rigged system. what do you make of that? >> so two different things. there is first october 12th, wikileaks sends donald trump this link. donald trump jr. this link. and two delays later on october 24th, 2016, he tweets it out. but then they good on the mention, hey, by the way, we have released part four of the pod sta e-mails which were gotten by russian hackers illegally and passed on to wikileaks. then 15 minutes later, donald trump, the republican nominee at this point, tweets out, hey, by the way, here are the podesta e-mails. so

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pence that they were in cahoots. it's the same pattern we sawcandonjr.'s shiftingstories on his meeting with the russian lawyer at trump tower, with carter page's meeting with government officials during his summer 2016 trip to moscow and with the attorney general's own inconsistencies about meetings with the russian ambassador. recall that sessions testified under oath at his confirmation hearing. he did not have communications with russians during the campaign. only for the "washington post" to reveal later that, well, he had, in fact, met with the russian ambassador twice, meaning he failed to disclose on security clearance forms. he was asked about that discrepancy today by democratic congressman, ted lou. >> you did have meetings with the russians last year, is that right? just yes or no? >> i had a meeting with the russian ambassador, yes. >> great. exactly the opposite answer you gave under oath. so again, either you're lying to the u.s. senate or lying to the u.s. house of representatives. >> well -- >> the time of the gentleman has expired. the witness can answer any fu

pence that they were in cahoots. it's the same pattern we saw can don jr.'s shifting stories on his meeting with the russian lawyer at trump tower, with carter page's meeting with government officials during his summer 2016 trip to moscow and with the attorney general's own inconsistencies about meetings with the russian ambassador. recall that sessions testified under oath at his confirmation hearing. he did not have communications with russians during the campaign. only for the...

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collude if he tried. if julian assange had reached out to eric insteadofdonjr. ontwitter, it would look like this. "eric, julian assange here, we have some interesting information on the clinton campaign." "my name is also eric." [ laughter ] "yes, i know, my name is julian assange." "hi, julian, i'm eric." "hi, eric. we have interesting information on the clinton campaign." "who does?" "me, julian assange." "oh, i just met him!" [ laughter ] now, this news adds more context to what we already know about the trump campaign's interests in obtaining hillary's e-mails and its relationship with wikileaks. of course, we already know don jr. and several other trump campaign aides, including one who has since been indicted, actively sought dirt on hillary clinton from the russians. and now we know that, on admittedly a limited basis, don jr. did communicate with wikileaks. take this exchange, for example. after trump adviser roger stone foreshadowed the hacked e-mails by tweeting wednesday, "hillary clinton is done, #wikileaks." don jr. then actively sought out wikileaks to find out

collude if he tried. if julian assange had reached out to eric instead of don jr. on twitter, it would look like this. "eric, julian assange here, we have some interesting information on the clinton campaign." "my name is also eric." [ laughter ] "yes, i know, my name is julian assange." "hi, julian, i'm eric." "hi, eric. we have interesting information on the clinton campaign." "who does?" "me, julian assange." "oh, i...

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: of course itwasdonjr. he'sthe dumbest member of a family in which there is stiff competition. [ laughter ] that family still hasn't finished a game of trivial pursuit they started in 1988. "what category do you want, dad?" "give me new york city buildings between 53rd and 59th." [ light laughter ] also, it's not often we can say this, so let's do it while we can -- today is a good day to be eric! give it up for eric, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] "i didn't collude, father!" although eric probably couldn't collude if he tried. if julian assange had reached out to eric instead of don jr. on twitter, it would look like this. "eric, julian assange here, we have some interesting information on the clinton campaign." "my name is also eric." [ laughter ] "yes, i know, my name is julian assange." "hi, julian, i'm eric." "hi, eric. we have interesting information on the clinton campaign." "who does?" "me, julian assange." [ laughter ] now, this news adds more context to what we already know about the trump campaign's interests in obtaining hillary's e-mails and its relationship w

: of course it was don jr. he's the dumbest member of a family in which there is stiff competition. [ laughter ] that family still hasn't finished a game of trivial pursuit they started in 1988. "what category do you want, dad?" "give me new york city buildings between 53rd and 59th." [ light laughter ] also, it's not often we can say this, so let's do it while we can -- today is a good day to be eric! give it up for eric, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] "i didn't...

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. >> sometimes there is a straightline.donjr. >>all the kid starting calling him louis clue seclueso. >> there is the bad from australia. >> for the first time in 30 years the senate will hold a hearing on the authority to use nuclear weapons. >> this seems to be a timely discussion. >> i think so. maybe a little late. and will the president spooem speak out on roy moore? much of the party has, it's threatening to tear apart the gop. good morning, everyone, it is tuesday, november 14th. with us, we have mike barnacle, "new york times" reporter michael schmidt. schmidtty, columnist kristen -- >> ksa! >> what's wrong with you this morning? way too awake. please. >> we got legends. >> all right. president trump's eldest son, donald trump jr. corresponded during the election with wikileaks, the u.s. intelligence agency says is one of the outfits that russian military intelligence used to influence the race. yesterday, they reported from the "atlantic" on the private twitter messages of trump jr. and the wikileaks account believe to be by the founder julian assange, documents earlier turn

. >> sometimes there is a straight line. don jr. >> all the kid starting calling him louis clue seclueso. >> there is the bad from australia. >> for the first time in 30 years the senate will hold a hearing on the authority to use nuclear weapons. >> this seems to be a timely discussion. >> i think so. maybe a little late. and will the president spooem speak out on roy moore? much of the party has, it's threatening to tear apart the gop. good morning,...

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likedonjr. talkingto wikileaks, wikileaks sayingtodonjr., look,we have stolen information. would you like to help us distribute it? we'll give you a link. you can then tweet it out and people will be able to search those -- data points and further disseminate them. that's theoretically a crime. and so when we talk about wikileaks, i think the person who's more in jeopardy than kushner who i don't think is in jeopardy buy forwarding an e-mail is don jr. because i think he was told this is essentially stolen property. this is hacked information and he apparently willingly and knowingly distributed a link to it to further disseminate it. i think that's problematic. i think that jared kushner is trying to separate himself from don jr. i don't think their interests necessarily alien in all respects. >> david there have been calls and democrats, for jared and donald trump junior to tef in an open forum. not a close the testimony, but republicans seem a little bit hesitant to go there. is there an argument for not having them come before the public and testify? >> i'd say from the persp

like don jr. talking to wikileaks, wikileaks saying to don jr., look, we have stolen information. would you like to help us distribute it? we'll give you a link. you can then tweet it out and people will be able to search those -- data points and further disseminate them. that's theoretically a crime. and so when we talk about wikileaks, i think the person who's more in jeopardy than kushner who i don't think is in jeopardy buy forwarding an e-mail is don jr. because i think he was told this...

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meanskushner,donjr. orbig daddy. they are all having indigestion tonight. norm is joining us now. the former white house ethics czar and former ambassador to the czech republic. thank you for spending time with us. you helped make deals before and know how this process works. why do you think flynn would have to implicate somebody like kushner, donald trump jr. or someone like donald trump to get a deal? >> ana, thanks for having me back. as somebody who cut many of these deals over the years as a defense lawyer, it just the reality, prosecutors are not going to let somebody walk when like michael flynn he has significant criminal exposure. they believe he's done wrong, broken the law. unless he has something very significant to offer them. it's very typical that they ask you to go up the ladder, to move up the food chain. in this case flynn himself is so senior, he's such a big fish that there's relatively few people he could flip on. so that's why we're looking at jared, don jr., the president, there could be others but those are the big targets. >> based on what we know about

means kushner, don jr. or big daddy. they are all having indigestion tonight. norm is joining us now. the former white house ethics czar and former ambassador to the czech republic. thank you for spending time with us. you helped make deals before and know how this process works. why do you think flynn would have to implicate somebody like kushner, donald trump jr. or someone like donald trump to get a deal? >> ana, thanks for having me back. as somebody who cut many of these deals over...

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reached outtodonjr. andthe atlantic first reported this. it came out yesterday. so the wikileaks says yeah, we did reach out and there has been correspondence. so don jr. made a move. he says i will release everything i have of my interaction with wikileaks. disturbing for fans of president trump and supporters that there was any a link damage there? yeah. but in terms of actual substance, what do we see? ainsley: if you read through, if you follow him on twitter you can see he released all of the correspondence he had with wikileaks. he tweeted this out. he said this is my entire chain of messages with wikileaks. my whopping three responses which one of the congressional committee leaked. that's bothersome. steve: sure. it's behind closed doors. there is an expectation of privacy yet, somebody up on capitol hill blabbed to the atlantic. the headline really actually sounds worse than apparently it is legally because when you think okay, so, during the campaign don jr. is direct messaging with wikileaks. but then when you start to look at what's going on, brian, you ment

reached out to don jr. and the atlantic first reported this. it came out yesterday. so the wikileaks says yeah, we did reach out and there has been correspondence. so don jr. made a move. he says i will release everything i have of my interaction with wikileaks. disturbing for fans of president trump and supporters that there was any a link damage there? yeah. but in terms of actual substance, what do we see? ainsley: if you read through, if you follow him on twitter you can see he released...

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thisweek,donjr. releasedimages of that online conversation. and he down played it by noting, quote, whooping three responses. i want to bring in cnn political commentator and former hillary clinton campaign manager, robby mook. what was your reaction when you heard these news stories on wikileaks and two of the president's closest family members? >> well, unfortunately i'm not very surprised. as soon as we saw the direct twitter conversations that donald jr. was having with wikileaks, which by the way, trump's own director of the cia has called a hostile intelligence service. you know, once we knew that this was going on, it's pretty clear that there's a lot more, this is just the tip of the iceberg. it's not a question now of whether the trump campaign was communicating with the -- with russians and with wikileaks, the question is, to what extent, you know, were they potentially providing input to what those people decided to do when you look at the twitter messaging that was going on between don jr. and julian assange, it's clear that don jr. himself and then his father, t

this week, don jr. released images of that online conversation. and he down played it by noting, quote, whooping three responses. i want to bring in cnn political commentator and former hillary clinton campaign manager, robby mook. what was your reaction when you heard these news stories on wikileaks and two of the president's closest family members? >> well, unfortunately i'm not very surprised. as soon as we saw the direct twitter conversations that donald jr. was having with...

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interesting.>>donjr. responded,if it's what you say, i love it. especially later in the summer. that response in a meeting between president trump's inner circle and the russians have emerged as key focus of mueller's investigation as to whether the trump team colluded with the russian effort to meddle in the 2016 presidential election. goldstone says he has accepted invitations to come to the u.s. to meet with investigators with mueller's team and the senate. let's bring in my panel. "new york times" reporter and msnbc contributor, newsweek's senior writer, "new york times" washington correspondent, nbc contributor, charlie savage and senior political correspondent for bustle, erin dellmore. erin, what's your thought in terms of the importance of what we have just learned according to the reporting? >> so many interesting details to pore over from the report and for me, one of f the most interest iing the isstone sayini myself did not mean to interfere in any way with this process. i don't know anything about election law. i was merely making a connection between my client and

interesting. >> don jr. responded, if it's what you say, i love it. especially later in the summer. that response in a meeting between president trump's inner circle and the russians have emerged as key focus of mueller's investigation as to whether the trump team colluded with the russian effort to meddle in the 2016 presidential election. goldstone says he has accepted invitations to come to the u.s. to meet with investigators with mueller's team and the senate. let's bring in my...

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with trump campaign advisers that dealt with russia. >> this as the president'sson,donjr., admitsto sending a few messages with wikileaks during the campaign after u.s. intelligence officials say the site leaked hacked e-mails from the dnc and from hillary clinton's campaign manager. you saw the details of that when it broke yesterday. here to discuss all of this, taxes, a lot, republican representative, chris stewart. he is a member of the house intelligence. it's nice to have you here. and we have a lot to get through. let me just get your assessment on the don jr. wikileaks correspondence, because your republican colleague in the senate, chuck grassley, the chairman of the senate judiciary committee yesterday, when asked about it, called it, quote, very innocuous, this correspondence. with wikileaks, the cia director, pompeo, has called a non-state hostile actor, acting at the behest of russia. do you see this as very innocuous? >> i don't see it as something that's terribly meaningful. i mean, if you think this is going to lead to the impeachment of the president, i think tha

with trump campaign advisers that dealt with russia. >> this as the president's son, don jr., admits to sending a few messages with wikileaks during the campaign after u.s. intelligence officials say the site leaked hacked e-mails from the dnc and from hillary clinton's campaign manager. you saw the details of that when it broke yesterday. here to discuss all of this, taxes, a lot, republican representative, chris stewart. he is a member of the house intelligence. it's nice to have you...

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information provided by wikileaks. so dishonest. rigged system. within twodaysdonjr. tweetedout the link. throughout the election donald trump repeatedly made known his fondness for wikileaks which released a spate of damaging e-mails to his opponent in the presidential race, hillary clinton. >> we have to go back to wikileaks. oh, wikileaks. >> reporter: but wikileaks had been identified by the intelligence community as being a surrogate for the russian government, publishing damaging information hacked by the kremlin stolen from the dnc and clinton campaign chairman john podesta. this from the current trump appointed cia director. >> time to call it out for what it really is, a nonstate hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors like russia. >> reporter: trump jr.'s exchanges began in september of last year during the final stretch of the campaign. wikileaks contacting the son asking him about an anti-trump website which was about to be launched. don jr. responded, by informing the leadership including steve bannon, kellyanne conway and son-in-law jared kushner

information provided by wikileaks. so dishonest. rigged system. within two days don jr. tweeted out the link. throughout the election donald trump repeatedly made known his fondness for wikileaks which released a spate of damaging e-mails to his opponent in the presidential race, hillary clinton. >> we have to go back to wikileaks. oh, wikileaks. >> reporter: but wikileaks had been identified by the intelligence community as being a surrogate for the russian government, publishing...

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trumpjr. about"dirt" on hillary clinton from the kremlin. "if it's what you say, i loveit,"donjr. wroteback at the time. goldstone, a flamboyant promoter who worked with trump on the miss universe pageant in moscow, "useful idiot" trying to help another client. "i should have listened to that little voice in my head," he told "the sunday times: of london. adding, "if i'm guilty of anything, and i hate the word guilty, it's hyping the message and going the extra mile for my clients." the trump tower meeting did happen, but all sides insist it was not as juicy as advertised. jared kushner facing new scrutiny about wikileaks. investigators believe it acted as a conduit to leak clinton e-mails. last july, kushner told congress he had no contact with wikileaks, nor did anyone he knew of at the campaign. >> and i have been fully transparent in providing all requested information. >> reporter: did receive e-mails about a wikileaks overture to don jr. back in september of 2016, and forwarded them on. >> mr. kushner has been very clear that he will cooperate as he has been, voluntarily, with al

trump jr. about "dirt" on hillary clinton from the kremlin. "if it's what you say, i love it," don jr. wrote back at the time. goldstone, a flamboyant promoter who worked with trump on the miss universe pageant in moscow, "useful idiot" trying to help another client. "i should have listened to that little voice in my head," he told "the sunday times: of london. adding, "if i'm guilty of anything, and i hate the word guilty, it's hyping the...

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wikileaks messages donaldtrump,jr. andsayshey,don, ifyour dad loses, quote unquote, it's important that he not concede and that he challenge the results, which is, you know, why is a radical kind of transparency ngo that interested in, you know, scrambling a u.s. election and trying to get one of the two candidates to not concede or not recognize the results? >> the legitimacy of the election. right. mark, so what's incredible here is donald trump, jr. told steve bannon, kellyanne conway, brad parscale, jared kushner that wikileaks had made contact. jared kushner also forwarded that e-mail to hope hicks and then these were some of the most senior folks on that campaign. >> right. a campaign that is so -- if you look at that right there, that is basically the trump campaign without the whole rnc apparatus connected to it, save a few people that are not there. now, we don't know if those folks actually read the note, the e-mail that was sent to them, but you would have to expect that at least some of them did and in doing so were they telling donald trump, jr. to stop, that

wikileaks messages donald trump, jr. and says hey, don, if your dad loses, quote unquote, it's important that he not concede and that he challenge the results, which is, you know, why is a radical kind of transparency ngo that interested in, you know, scrambling a u.s. election and trying to get one of the two candidates to not concede or not recognize the results? >> the legitimacy of the election. right. mark, so what's incredible here is donald trump, jr. told steve bannon, kellyanne...

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jr. lastnight,donjr. tweeteda picture of his young daughter holding her candy bucket and said, "i'm going to take half of her candy tonight and give it to some kid who sat at home. it's never to early to teach her about socialism." yes, it's never too early to teach kids the dangers of sharing. ( laughter ) also, it's never too early to learn the proper spelling of "too." ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: but the other "o" on there." >> stephen: i bet that other "o" went to a poor person. but while we're at it, don jr, on halloween, kids go to door to door to get free candy from the neighbors, because the kids don't have it, and the neighbors do. that's socialism. also, "give it to some kid who sat at home"? you know halloween is fun, right? no child in the history of childing has voluntarily missed halloween. i'm worried about that kid who didn't go out. why? is he okay? is that child caring for a sick parent? you know what would be a nice thing to do? give him half your halloween candy. ( applause ) but don jr. is right about one thing: there's plenty of economic theory that y

jr. last night, don jr. tweeted a picture of his young daughter holding her candy bucket and said, "i'm going to take half of her candy tonight and give it to some kid who sat at home. it's never to early to teach her about socialism." yes, it's never too early to teach kids the dangers of sharing. ( laughter ) also, it's never too early to learn the proper spelling of "too." ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: but the other "o" on there." >> stephen:...

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president doing? >> the president has got more jeopardy as not the son-in-law but theson.donjr., theywere direct communications with wikileaks. don jr. is the one communicating with wikileaks starting in september 2016 to july of 2017, where it looks like they are cooperating with one another about the distribution of material that has been stolen, given to wikileaks, and now being distributed by wikileaks and being facilitated in the distribution by don jr. in his tweets. that is way more problematic for the president and his family than the kushner forwarding of e-mails and perhaps clerically not getting that to the committee as they might have hoped. >> thank you. >>> the trump administration says the tax overhaul will give middle class americans a salary increase. here's what former treasury secretary, larry summers, calls that claim. >> ludicrous. absurd. not going to happen. why do people have eyebrows? why do people put milk on cereal? oh, are you reading why people put milk on cereal? why does your tummy go "grumbily, grumbily, grumbily"? why is it all? no more questions for

president doing? >> the president has got more jeopardy as not the son-in-law but the son. don jr., they were direct communications with wikileaks. don jr. is the one communicating with wikileaks starting in september 2016 to july of 2017, where it looks like they are cooperating with one another about the distribution of material that has been stolen, given to wikileaks, and now being distributed by wikileaks and being facilitated in the distribution by don jr. in his tweets. that is...

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russians was at the behest of this guy. he's the one who wrotetodonjr. andsaid we have dirt on hillary rodham clinton and her campaign which we'd like to share with you. how about a meeting. don jr. said, cool, let's have a meeting. a little bit later in the summer would be better than now. that meeting ultimately took place on june the 9th. so what it is that was intended, what it is that actually happened, we've gotten different stories, you know, kushner has said one thing. the attorney, however i pronounce her name. i think i garbled it there. said two different things about the meeting. manafort said one thing. kushner said another. this is watching a car crash. where you stand depends on what you saw. >> and he would be asked about -- >> this is another voice. >> he would be asked about what is the dirt, what was really, you know, promised? what was delivered? how quickly did the other side seem to jump at the chance? those kinds of questions. >> exactly right. but the question is going to be is he credible? or is he there just to tell a story, leave the country because h

russians was at the behest of this guy. he's the one who wrote to don jr. and said we have dirt on hillary rodham clinton and her campaign which we'd like to share with you. how about a meeting. don jr. said, cool, let's have a meeting. a little bit later in the summer would be better than now. that meeting ultimately took place on june the 9th. so what it is that was intended, what it is that actually happened, we've gotten different stories, you know, kushner has said one thing. the...

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fair,donjr. mighthave thought he was on wikipedia. ( laughter ) "do they actually make the cheesecakes at the factory, or what? and, send." ( laughter ) apparently, trump jr. "exchanged direct messages on twitter with wikileaks during the course of the 2016 race." the damning d.m. comes from october 2016, when wikileaks wrote, "hey, donald, great to see you and your dad talking about our publications. there's many great stories the press are missing, and we're sure some of your follows will find it. by the way, we just released podesta emails part 4." don jr. did not respond to the message, but just 15 minutes after receiving it, his dad tweeted, "very little pick-up by the dishonest media of incredible information provided by wikileaks. so dishonest! rigged system!" ( laughter ) ( applause ) "now, i can't-- i-- i-- i-- i i." i can't prove that donald trump jr. called his father, but like they say, "if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, the duck is colluding with the russians." ( laughter ) ( applause ) and wikileaks even contacted don jr. twice on election night.

fair, don jr. might have thought he was on wikipedia. ( laughter ) "do they actually make the cheesecakes at the factory, or what? and, send." ( laughter ) apparently, trump jr. "exchanged direct messages on twitter with wikileaks during the course of the 2016 race." the damning d.m. comes from october 2016, when wikileaks wrote, "hey, donald, great to see you and your dad talking about our publications. there's many great stories the press are missing, and we're sure...

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. in one instance, wikileakssentdonjr. alink to help him spread the contents of those stolen e-mails. trump jr. did not respond, but then 15 minutes later, candidate donald trump posted this on twitter. "very little pickup by the dishonest media of incredible information provided by wikileaks. so dishonest. rigged system." donald trump jr. has now confirmed the existence of these conversations. he posted screen shots of his own of the messages on twitter writing, "here is the entire chain of messages with wikileaks with my whomping three responses. which one of the congressional committees has chosen to selectively leak. how ironic." meanwhile, that news came after president trump tried to do some damage control on the last leg of his asia trip. he's walking back comments he made defending russian president vladimir putin, and insulting the u.s. intelligence community. trump told reporters onboard air force one he believed putin's assertion that he didn't interfere with the u.s. election. he said, in effect, he had run out of ways to ask putin and he feared putin was insulted b

. in one instance, wikileaks sent don jr. a link to help him spread the contents of those stolen e-mails. trump jr. did not respond, but then 15 minutes later, candidate donald trump posted this on twitter. "very little pickup by the dishonest media of incredible information provided by wikileaks. so dishonest. rigged system." donald trump jr. has now confirmed the existence of these conversations. he posted screen shots of his own of the messages on twitter writing, "here is the...

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anything about the investigation. of course not. the media is so obsessedwithdon, jr., wikileaksstory. he did communicate with wikileaks, he did so before the election ever start. he is not denying it. don, jr., voluntarily turned over documents to congress. let someone leaked these documents to the media. media is having a field day while this investigation is on going. any outrage there if we're on it. plus we go to adam shapiro, right now on capitol hill for the latest on tax reform. hi, adam. reporter: hey, trish. there is effort underway, i'm waiting for note on something in regards to this, possibly include in a revision the senate version of tax reform, repeal of obamacare individual mandate. all morning long senate republicans are doing a whip count to see if they get the whip vote. the only way the mandate repeal could progress is introduced, is by orrin hatch as manager's amendment. it would have to be part of the tax reform bill. rand paul talked about introducing a repeal on the floor of the senate. that won't pass parliamentarian rules. they would need 60 votes. onl

anything about the investigation. of course not. the media is so obsessed with don, jr., wikileaks story. he did communicate with wikileaks, he did so before the election ever start. he is not denying it. don, jr., voluntarily turned over documents to congress. let someone leaked these documents to the media. media is having a field day while this investigation is on going. any outrage there if we're on it. plus we go to adam shapiro, right now on capitol hill for the latest on tax reform. hi,...

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others as well. and it's entirely consistent with the previous storiesaboutdonjr. andthe meeting he held at trump tower. so, whether you use the word collusion or not, what you have here is the russian government serving up assistance to the trump campaign and the trump campaign chasing that assistance and that is making common cause with a hostile foreign power to interfere in your election. >> i want to play this clip that i played last night and i think it's worth playing because we now know that there was -- georgia papadopoulos e-mailing other people in the campaign, including manafort saying i've got this person who says they're representing the russian government and they've got clinton e-mails and they don't know what to do with it. then you have the e-mail from don jr. saying the russian government is trying to help your father and we have dirt on hillary clinton and then the hacks become public and this is what donald trump said on the campaign in the debate. >> listen. >> she's saying russia, russia, russia. maybe it was. it could also be china but it could also be china.

others as well. and it's entirely consistent with the previous stories about don jr. and the meeting he held at trump tower. so, whether you use the word collusion or not, what you have here is the russian government serving up assistance to the trump campaign and the trump campaign chasing that assistance and that is making common cause with a hostile foreign power to interfere in your election. >> i want to play this clip that i played last night and i think it's worth playing because...

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, mostly one-sided from wikileakstodonjr., butnotentirely,donjr. didrespond. we now know there were communications between the two. now coordination and collusion, you know, we're not there yet, but this is a piece of the puzzle -- >> let me read a piece of a statement that donald trump jr.'s lawyer issued. and, remember, the exchanges, all of those documents were made available by donald trump jr.'s lawyer to congressional investigators.. they've been going through it. in a statement the lawyer says, we can say with confidence we have no concerns about these documents and any questions raised about them have been easily answered in the appropriate forum, referring to congressional investigations. but is he in any trouble, donald trump jr., as a result of this? >> well, potentially clearly his lawyer is focussing on a misdirection angle, which is the leaking of this information, but the actual information we're getting here that he was in communication with wikileaks potentially could put him in jeopardy. certainly raises questions about the professionalation of this campaign a

, mostly one-sided from wikileaks to don jr., but not entirely, don jr. did respond. we now know there were communications between the two. now coordination and collusion, you know, we're not there yet, but this is a piece of the puzzle -- >> let me read a piece of a statement that donald trump jr.'s lawyer issued. and, remember, the exchanges, all of those documents were made available by donald trump jr.'s lawyer to congressional investigators.. they've been going through it. in a...